PanoTools:
Re: Stereo Panorama patents
David Sykes 2006-Jun-03 17:37:28
Roger D. Williams
> I am not sure exactly what you are asking.
Hi Roger.
Let me be more specific ........
Place camera on a support and rotate one full revolution at some
distance behind the entrance-pupil.
As my fast 1GB memory cards have still not arrived, I have used a
point-and-shoot camera in movie-mode to gather the frames and
investigate the concept.
Extract a certain number of frames. Lots of software can do that.
At a certain distance left of centre, extract a strip of a certain width.
At the same distance right of centre, extract a similar strip.
Lots of software can do that.
Take all the left strips and join them together.
Take all the right strips and join them together.
Various software can do that.
Adjust the disparity (stereo depth) between the left and right composites.
Various software can do that.
View as a continuously-rotating 360 degree stereo panorama using any
viewing method you like.
Free software that I am associated with can do that :-)
It can also do all the above steps (except movie-frame extraction).
New features will simply make it more convenient by combining a number
of steps.
I could describe this process in the Help file.
So, is there a patent problem ?
(the commercial HumanEyes software can do FAR more than that and is
described as the result of a technological breakthrough and years of
development).
> I would love to see your results
Although Bert offered to host them, while it is 'work in progress' I
will send them directly to you.
> I am also a firm customer for any product that results
It is free :-)
David
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